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Bark is a complex multifunctional structure of woody plants that varies widely among species. Thick bark is a primary trait that can protect trees from heat generated in surface fires. Outer bark on species that allocate resources to thick bark also tends to be rugose, with bark being thickest at the ridges and thinnest in the furrows. Tree diameter or wood diameter is often used as a predictor for bark thickness but little attention has been made on other factors that might affect bark development and allocation. Here we test multiple mixed effect models to evaluate additional factors (height growth rate, measure height) that correlate with bark allocation and present a method to quantify bark rugosity. We focused on seven co-occurring native tree species in the Tallahatchie Experimental Forest in north Mississippi. Approximately ten saplings of  Carya tomentosa ,  Nyssa sylvatica ,  Prunus serotina ,  Pinus echinata ,  Pinus taeda, Quercus marilandica , and  Quercus falcata  were destructively sampled for stem analyses. Outer bark thickness (OBT) ranged from 0.01 to 0.77 cm with the thickest maximum outer bark occurring on  P. taeda  (0.77 cm) and the thinnest maximum outer bark occurring on  P. serotina  (0.17 cm). Our outer bark allocation models suggest that some individuals with rapid height growth allocate less to outer bark in  C. tomentosa ,  N. sylvatica ,  P. taeda , and  P. serotina , but not for  P. echinata  or either oak species. All species except for  C. tomentosa  and  N. sylvatica  showed evidence for outer bark taper, allocating more outer bark at the base of the bole. Inner bark also was tapered in  Carya  and the oaks. Bark rugosity varied among species from 0.00 (very smooth) to 0.17 (very rugose) with  P. Serotina  and  C. tomentosa  having the smoothest bark. OBT was the best fixed effect for all species. Aside from providing data for several important yet understudied species, our rugosity measures offer promise for incorporating into fluid dynamics fire behavior models.

Variation in Bark Allocation and Rugosity Across Seven Co-occurring Southeastern US Tree Species